LB · pick 234 — first ever linebacker at #234 (1999)

LB·pick 234

FIRST LB EVER DRAFTED AT #234

Kory Minor

Drafted by SF — GM Bill Walsh · Notre Dame

1999

LBs drafted at #234 in NFL history

most recent: Clay Johnston (LAR, 2020)

How rare was this draftigami?

Trained on every pick through 1998, the model gave a linebacker at #234 a 13.6% chance in 1999.

Linebacker at #234, year by year

Each year's estimate uses only that year's draft and the years before it — no peeking ahead. The line smooths across neighboring picks and seasons so a single oddball draft doesn't dominate. The shaded band is the model's 90% uncertainty range.

Peak: 30.2% · 2027 model: 8.0%

Surrounding picks · 1999 draft

#229TEMike LuckyDAL — GM Jerry Jones
#230TESheldon JacksonBUF — GM John Butler
#231LBO.J. ChildressNYG — GM Ernie Accorsi
#232DTJermaine HaleyMIA — GM Jimmy Johnson
#233RBAutry DensonTB — GM Rich McKay
#235LBJ.J. SyvrudNYJ — GM Bill Parcells
#236DTNoel ScarlettMIN — GM Frank Gilliam
#237CTodd McClureATL — GM Harold Richardson
#238TEJustin SwiftDEN — GM Mike Shanahan
#239QBChris GreisenARI — GM Bob Ferguson

Drafted at this same coordinate later · 4 picks

2020Clay JohnstonLAR — GM Les Snead · Baylor
2018Andre SmithCAR — GM Marty Hurney · North Carolina
2011Andrew GachkarLAC — GM A.J. Smith · Missouri
2005Mike SmithBAL — GM Ozzie Newsome · Texas Tech

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